Prototype World Engine I - A simple disk
With a disk located at the equator and spinning on an axis that is always longitudinal,
the rotational axis of the disk will appear to flip 360 every 24 hours on a 2nd axis
which is always latitudinal. The first axis is not actually flipping though, it's just not
rotating with the Earth. The difference of motion creates a potential source of power.
This has to be one of the craziest ideas I've heard here, at least try to a normal gyroscope as the Russian tried twenty years ago but still failed.
There is a far easier to harvest energy that is generated somewhat by the same rotation with a little help from the moon, that is tidal waves, it would be far easier to create artificial estuaries for this rather than putting disks around the earth.
Gear Train and Generator
As the ring of disks rotates, it drives a series of 20 coaxial magnetic gears. Each gear increases the rate of rotation of the one within it by a ratio of 1:1.995. Given that the ring only rotates once every 24 hours, 0.25 degrees per minute, the gear train increases that by nearly a million times to 249,343 degrees per minute or 692.6 rpm for the last gear. At the center of the gear train is a generator with a stationary armature and
mounting point.
Has already been tried, even with the theoretical gain the loss of energy incurred by the gears still gives a negative effect.
If built right, these gyros will last for millions of years and have zero impact on the environment.
Yeah because they will be made be of unrealizablium probably.
